Germany halts pork, egg sales in dioxin scare

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Germany halts pork, egg sales in dioxin scare

Germany froze sales of poultry, pork and eggs from more than 4,700 farms Friday to stem the spread of food contaminated with cancer-causing dioxin, as fears grew that farmers could have been using tainted livestock feed for months.

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Germany's dioxin scare -- and what it says about the food chain - latimes.com

latimes.com — “If you haven't read about the dioxin scare in Germany, you will. Sales of poultry, pork and eggs were halted Friday for fear they contained dangerous levels of the cancer-causing chemicals -- news that has reverberated around the world. It has also highlighted how connected our food supply is to other aspects of our society (more on that later).” View full resource at latimes.com